#ifndef _DTEXTABLE_H
#define _DTEXTABLE_H

//==============================================================================
//
//        DTextable - the protocol for classes that export text strings
//
//               Copyright (C) 2003  Dick van Oudheusden
//  
// This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
// modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
// License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
// version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
//
// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
// General Public License for more details.
//
// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
// License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
// Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
//
//==============================================================================
// 
//  $Date: 2008-07-19 12:28:59 $ $Revision: 1.3 $
//
//==============================================================================

@class DText;

// The DTextable protocol specifies methods for retrieving a text representation
// from an object.

@protocol DTextable

//
// Returns the text string object with the text representation of the class
//
// @return the (new) text string object
//
- (DText *) toText;

@end

#endif

